Box or container and method of sealing same



` Oct. 3o, 1923. 1,472,661

C. C. MENGEL BOX OR CONTAINER AND METHOD OF SEALING SAME Filed July 9, 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 oct. 30,1923. 1,412,661 y C. C. MENGEL BOX OR CONTAINER AND METHOD OF SEALING *SAME Filed July 9, 1919 2 ASheelzs-Sheel; 2

'gnoenhm Mmw lPatented Oct. 30, 1923.

UNITED STATES lavata PATENT orme.

CHARLES yCIEURIISTOPHIEIR MENGEL, OF LOUTSYILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE MENGEL COMPANY, 07F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

Box on CONTAINER AND Mnrrron oFsEAL'INe SAME.

Application filed July 9,

To allwzom t may concern.:

Be 1t known that I, CHARLES C. MENGEL,

a citizen of the United States, residing atV Louisville., in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Boxes or Containers and Method of Sealing Same, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention pertains to containers and method of sealing the same, and has to do more particularly with boxes or containers made of liber board or the like, which bo-xes or containers have come into extensive use of late years in displacementof wooden boxes.

It is essentialin the use of such liber board containers that some adequate method of sealing the same be employed and the sealing should be effective against pilfering; The method of sealing, moreover, must be such that it can be readily eifectedy in the factorywhere the boxes are filled, and it must be such that the sealing or stitching, as the case may be, may be readily effected when the box is filled, and this without dame age to the contents of the box. To this end y I have devised ya box or`container wherein openings or slots are formed in oppositely disposed Vportions of the box structure through which a thin anvil may be extended, the anvil underlying the box iiaps or closures and permitting proper functioning of the stitching mechanism.

f The box which forms the basis of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein,- c

Fig. l is a perspective view of the upper portion of the box or container made in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 a similar view showing the end flaps, having the slots formed therein, partially turned down with the anvil threaded therethrough Fig. 3 a longitudinal sectional view of the upper portion of the box showing the anvil in place and the various flaps or closures inturned and stitched;

Fig. 4 a transverse sectional view on the i line IV-IV of Fig. 3;

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down and stitched portion of'thebox showing ra further -arrangement of the slots. -i

Referringiirst 'to Figs. l to 5 inclusive, l denotes the body of the box, 2 and 3 the end flaps, respectively, and 4 and 5 the sideflaps. The end flaps 2 and 3 will each be provided with a slot or opening, as 6, adjacent the line of bend or hinge connection of the flap with the Ybox body;M To `stitch the Vbox thus formed,I project through the'openings, a thin flat anvil 7shown in Figs. 2, 3 kand 4. Said anvil will overlie the goods within the box and after it is positioned, asshownin Fig. 2,v the side flaps 4 and 5 will be turned inwardly and a suitable stitching 4mechas nism brought into operation to eflect the stitching, as indicated in Figs'. 3 and 4. Such stitching mechanism may take any of the commercial forms but preferably will be designed to'drive U-shaped wire staples, as 8, the ends of which when they are driven inwardly through the overlapping flaps-will abut the anvil 7 andr be. clinched thereby. As will be readily appreciated uponinspectionr ofthe drawings, not onlywill the `flaps 4 and/5 which overlap bev thereby secured to one another but the staples willpass through the flaps 2 and 3 thereby seouringthe 'underlying flaps 2 y(and 3 to ythe'yuppermost flaps 4 and 5. The anvil will preferably kbe supported close to the box so as to prevent undue bending thereof kunder the` impact of the stitching mechanism and thus breakage of the material within the box will be pre-y vented. So. too, crushing of the. walls :of the box will likewise be prevented. ,n

Owing to the fact that the flaps 2 and 3 are attached by the staples to the overlying flaps 4 and 5. the package becomes pilfer proof as one can not by prying the attached fiaps 4 and 5 upwardly, force the flap 2 or 3, as the case may be, inwardly and pass their hand into the container. Thus the i such a. box when the flaps have been turned container ismade pilfer proof and if it is opened by forcing the staples, it will be `from the anvil, said slots are substantially if `not entirely hidden.

It is conceivable that a plurality of alined readily seen that such action has taken In Fig. 8 the side flaps are shown as pr0-` vided With two slots which, of course, would effect the sealing of thebox and enable aV shorter anvil to be used.

The arrangementis such that bythe use of the thin anvil there isapractically no bulging of the flaps and no breaking down ofthe box structure, points of manifest ad-A vantage.

What is lclaimed is,--y

1. That method of sealing a vbox or contrainer having closure flaps adapted to be inturned upon each other to close the box, Whichconsists in passing an anvil through openings formed. in oppositely disposed flaps, turning said flaps dovvn, thereafter turning the remaining box flaps thereover and finally stitching vrthe flaps together by suitable fastenings driven through the flaps and against the anvil.

2. That method of sealinga box Lor container having closureflaps adapted to be in-` turned upon each other toclosethe box,`

which' consists-in passing an anvil through openings in oppositelydisposedyend flaps, said openings being located adjacent the line of connection of the flap tothe box body, turning said Vflaps down upon the anvil, then l turning lthe side flaps over upon the end flaps, and finally stitching the flaps together by suitable fastenings Vdriven through the superposed'flaps and againstthe anvil.

3. That method of sealing a'filled box or container having a closurerflap connected toV each side Wall of the box, which consists in inserting an anvil through openings formed in two oppositely disposed flaps, said anvil being coextensive at least in length With that of the box, infolding said flaps upon the anvil, then infolding Y the i remaining fia-ps, stitching the overlying flaps together by fastenings driven through the flaps andV i folded to close the box, two of said iiaps at least having oppositely., disposed slots or cpeningsformed therein, said slots being locatedrespectively in proximity tothe line of bend or hinge of the flap.

5. Asa new` article of manufacture, a box or container comprising a body having a plurality of lclosure flaps adapted to beinturned to close the box, with an opening formed in tivo` oppositely disposed flaps, said openings being located, respectively, adjacent'the line of bend or hinge ofthe flaps tothe box body.

des a new article of manufacture, a box or container having a body rectangular in cross sectionwith a closure flap formed at each side as a continuation thereof, tvvo of the oppositely disposed flaps each having a slot or opening formed therein adjacent the line of bend between the flap and the body: Y ,7. Asa new article of manufacture, a box or containerhaving a body rectangular in cross section with a closure flap formed at each side as avcontinuation thereof, tWo of thevopnositely disposed flaps each having a the remaining pair of flaps being of such size as when folded down to cover the underlying aps and to overlap each other.

, ln testimony Where-of I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER l\f[ENGEL. 

